BLEST, blest, _pa.p._ of BLESS.
BLETHER, ble_th_'er, _v.i._ to talk garrulous nonsense.--_n._ fluent,
garrulous nonsense--also BLATH'ER.--_p.adj._ BLETH'ERING,
over-talkative.--_ns._ BLETH'ERSKATE, BLATH'ERSKITE (_Amer._), a
blustering, noisy, talkative fellow. [M. E. _blather_, of Scand. origin,
Ice. _blaðra_, to talk foolishly, _blaðr_, nonsense.]
BLEW, bl[=oo], _pa.t._ of BLOW.